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• USC collapses late in stunning OT loss to No. 4 Penn State

  13-10-2024 01:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The upset was there, staring from the end zone 50 yards away, a world of clock left and a Lincoln Riley mind and Miller Moss arm to vanquish Penn State.
  And then time ran out.
  Clock-management issues had bitten USC in the heel, at times, for five games, not enough to raise massive red flags but enough to scratch heads. And in the biggest spot of the Trojans’ season, on Saturday afternoon in a tied barnburner of a ballgame against the undefeated and fourth-ranked Nittany
  
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• Girls basketball roundup: Mater Dei falls to Archbishop Mitty in semifinals of Nike TOC

  21-12-2024 09:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe first clash between California girls basketball powerhouses Mater Dei and Archbishop Mitty of San Jose since 2019 went to the Northern California school on Friday.
  Archbishop Mitty scored the first seven points and opened a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter en route to a 59-42 victory in the semifinals of the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, Ariz.
  Grand Canyon-bound guard Amaya Williams of M
  
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• Irvine boys basketball overpowers Laguna Hills behind Cooper Stearns’ 20-20 effort

  21-12-2024 09:12 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — The Irvine boys basketball team continued its torrid start to the season by picking up another victory on Friday night, 60-42 over Laguna Hills at Irvine High.
  Senior forward Cooper Stearns led the Vaqueros (11-2) with a game-high 24 points and 20 rebounds.
  “He’s just solid, every game,” Irvine coach Harry Meussner said of Stearns. “The biggest thing that I’m most proud of Cooper for is that he keeps his composure really well. As a senior, he dem
  
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• Big advantage comes in handy for San Clemente girls basketball in win over Canyon

  21-12-2024 08:40 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE — San Clemente’s size and rebounding overwhelmed Canyon for a 56-32 win in a nonleague girls basketball game Friday at San Clemente High.
  The Tritons had 47 rebounds compared to 21 for Canyon.
  Izzy Sims had a game-high 19 rebounds for San Clemente and Reese Tremper added 11.
  San Clemente point guard Ellie Anderson brings the ball up the court during a 56-35 win in a nonleague home game against Canyon on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photogr
  
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• Beckman girls basketball makes it a long night for Glendora with swarming defense

  21-12-2024 07:59 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – It’s going to happen in the playoffs. You’ll have to face a team you’re unfamiliar with, or the scouting report will be spotty, and or you’ll have to win without your best stuff.
  That was the backdrop Friday of Glendora’s road trip to Beckman, where two teams were looking to measure themselves under those conditions.
  For the host Patriots, they would be advancing to the next round. It may not have been as pretty as coach Jason Edgmond wanted, but it w
  
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• Kiki Rice, No. 1 UCLA women crush Creighton to remain unbeaten

  21-12-2024 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer
  SAN FRANCISCO — Kiki Rice scored 20 points and the top-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team raced to a big lead on the way to a 70-41 victory over Creighton on Friday night in the Bay Area Women’s Classic, winning without best player Lauren Betts.
  Angela Dugalic added 13 points and 14 rebounds for her second double-double for the Bruins (12-0 overall, 1-0 Big Ten), whose stingy defense made Creighton’s top shooters uncomfortable.
  Morgan M
  
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• Strong second half lifts Corona del Mar boys basketball to win over Marina

  21-12-2024 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Corona del Mar boys basketball coach Jason Simco wasn’t satisfied with his team’s performance during the first half of the Sea Kings’ Sunset League game against Marina on Friday at Corona del Mar High School.
  In the locker room at halftime, the Sea Kings were challenged to do a better job rebounding and contesting shots.
  The Sea Kings took the challenge to heart, outscoring the Vikings by 15 points in the third quarter to take a double-digit lead into the
  
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• Ducks start strong but fall to Avalanche

  21-12-2024 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — For the Ducks, a promising start with parallels to Wednesday’s triumph receded into Friday’s defeat at the hands of some of the most gifted mitts in the NHL, those of Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and the Colorado Avalanche, who prevailed, 4-2, at Honda Center.
  The Ducks had won consecutive games for just the second time this season and were looking for their second three-game surge of the campaign after toppling the league-leading Winnipeg Jets two nig
  
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• Ducks done in by Avalanche’s special teams in defeat

  21-12-2024 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — For the Ducks, a promising start with parallels to Wednesday’s triumph receded into Friday’s defeat at the hands of some of the most gifted mitts in the league, those of Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche, who prevailed, 4-2, at Honda Center.
  The Ducks had won consecutive games for just the second time this season and were looking for their second three-game surge of the campaign after toppling the league-leading Winnipeg Jets 48 two days earlier.
  
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• Notre Dame rolls past Indiana in first game of 12-team College Football Playoff

  21-12-2024 05:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana, 27-17, on Friday night.
  The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (12-1) won their 11th straight – and their first playoff victory. They will face second-seeded Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. Notre Dame coach Marcus
  
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• Fury vows less clowning, more punching in heavyweight rematch with Usyk

  21-12-2024 03:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer
  Tyson Fury promises less clowning and more punching Oleksandr Usyk in the face during their upcoming rematch for boxing’s heavyweight championship.
  Usyk won a split decision in May in Saudi Arabia, and they get back in the ring there again on Saturday. Fury doesn’t plan to change much from his first loss as a pro, beyond doing everything he can to avoid leaving the result to the judges.
  “I’ll just throw more this time,” Fury said We
  
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• San Diego judge weighs evidence of misconduct by prosecutors in OC murder case

  21-12-2024 02:57 via ocregister.com
  
  New evidence revealed during a rare special hearing has proven that the Orange County prosecution team in a 2009 murder case hid evidence and for 15 years covered up the misconduct, making it unlikely the defendant will be treated fairly during a new trial, a defense attorney argued Friday.
  The prosecution countered that even if the defense allegations are true — and not just “a series of blundering mistakes” by sheriff’s investigators and fired Senior Assistant District
  
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• Smoke, flames seen after military helicopter makes emergency landing near I-5

  21-12-2024 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Billowing smoke and flames were seen after a military helicopter made an emergency landing off Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton on Friday, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
  CHP officers received a call around 4:05 p.m. that a helicopter was on fire in the sand west of I-5 near the Aliso Creek rest area, CHP said in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
  All the personnel aboard the aircraft were able to get out safely, Officer Hunter Gerber said.
  Video posted by CHP
  
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• Lawsuit accusing FBI of spying at Orange County mosques is reinstated by appeals court

  21-12-2024 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal appeals court panel on Friday revived a lawsuit alleging the FBI violated the civil rights of Southern California Muslims by using an undercover operative to infiltrate Orange County mosques, more than a decade after the case was dismissed on grounds that it would endanger national security if it went to trial.
  The lawsuit, filed in 2011 on behalf of Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik and Yasser AbdelRahim, centers on ex-FBI informant Craig Monteilh, who said he was recruited by the federa
  
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• Wood-burning ban in effect for most of Southern California

  21-12-2024 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning will be in place Saturday in much of Southern California due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area.
  The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Saturday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and all of Orange County.
  The order does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high dese
  
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• Why comic book writer Gail Simone wore flip-flops to the White House

  21-12-2024 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Gail Simone is the acclaimed writer of several comic books, including “Birds of Prey,” “Wonder Woman,” and currently “Uncanny X-Men.” Her first novel, “Red Sonja: Consumed,” was published last month by Hachette. Simone spoke with correspondent Diya Chacko about the book and took the Book Pages Q&A.
  Q. What was a book that made an impression on you?
  “Peter Rabbit,” which was the first book I checked out from the library as a kid. I l
  
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• Dodgers’ 2024 payroll and luxury tax bill tops MLB

  21-12-2024 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers paid the cost for their success in 2024.
  The World Series champions topped Major League Baseball with a $353 million payroll and a $103 million bill for exceeding the Competitive Balance Tax threshold. In both cases, the New York Mets were a close second – a $347.15 million payroll and $97.12 million luxury tax bill.
  The Dodgers’ payroll (and luxury tax) would have been much higher if not for deferred salaries included in several contracts (most notably Shohei Ohtani&rsqu
  
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• Rams TE Tyler Higbee ready to return after grueling rehab

  21-12-2024 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Tyler Higbee considers his ability to be present, his mind only on the moment of time in which he finds himself, to be a gift.
  It’s helped the longtime Rams tight end approach every game, from the preseason to two Super Bowls, as the most important game, if only because it’s the next one. And it helped him, over the past 11 months, recover from two surgeries to repair four torn ligaments, even as he relived the same mundane, isolating day.
  But as he prepares to pl
  
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• Tom Girardi to undergo psych evaluation at federal prison before sentencing

  21-12-2024 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By FRED SHUSTER
  A federal judge in downtown Los Angeles on Friday ordered that convicted former attorney Tom Girardi undergo a mental evaluation at a medical facility to determine whether the 85-year-old cognitively impaired defendant should be sentenced to prison or hospitalized for the rest of his life.
  U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton said she would issue her order immediately so that Girardi can be flown to FMC Butner, a federal prison in North Carolina for male inmates who have speci
  
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• Lakers ready for 2nd leg of quick series against Kings

  21-12-2024 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — If the Lakers’ 113-100 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night was Game 1 of a playoff series, then both teams would be strategizing adjustments for Saturday’s Game 2 rematch.
  But this two-game set at Golden 1 Center isn’t the playoffs.
  And with Saturday being just the Lakers’ 28th and the Kings’ 29th game of the regular season, there’s only so much mental and emotional investment that can be put into this one, with the Lakers schedu
  
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• Blue Note Jazz Club will open a new venue in Hollywood in March

  21-12-2024 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  One of New York City’s most iconic jazz clubs is coming to Hollywood.
  Blue Note Jazz Club, which operates venues worldwide, including in Milan, Italy; Honolulu; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; Napa, Calif.; D.C.; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, will open a new club location on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood in March.
  The venue will offer an intimate atmosphere paired with programming similar to its East Coast counterpart and will feature jazz performances from celebr
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, Dec. 20

  21-12-2024 00:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Dec. 20
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  FRIDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  NIKE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (AZ)
  Derril Kipp Division
  Valley View 58, Huntington Beach 43
  HB: Miyai 17 pts. Hoang 11 pts
  
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• Galaxy selects Michigan’s Jason Bucknor in first round of MLS SuperDraft

  21-12-2024 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy made three of their four selections in Friday’s MLS SuperDraft, traded one for General Allocation Money and picked one player from LAFC’s second team.
  Just a normal day in MLS.
  With the 20th pick in the first round, the Galaxy picked Michigan midfielder/defender Jason Bucknor. The 22-year-old made 19 appearances last season, scoring six goals. In four seasons, he played in 59 games, with nine goals and five assists.
  The Galaxy sent their second pick in the first round (No.
  
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• Big Lots going out of business, offering final sales

  20-12-2024 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anne D’Innocenzio | The Associated Press
  Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going–out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didn’t materialize.
  The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer, which sells furniture, home decor and other items, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early September and said private equity firm Nexus Capital Management LP had agreed to acquire “substantially all of the company’s assets.”
  Also se
  
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• After Christmas tree burns in fire, tradition continues at Calafia State Beach

  20-12-2024 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Debbie Sheldrake held up a wooden surfboard ornament, a memento hung on the seaside Christmas tree last year by a woman who lost her young son.
  The edges of the small surfboard were charred black, evidence of the blaze someone set that destroyed the community tree at Calafia State Beach days before Christmas 2023. But unlike dozens of other ornaments lost in the fire, this one survived and once again hangs on the branches of what has become a staple in this seaside community.
  It’s now the
  
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• UCLA, other campuses resolve Gaza protest discrimination complaints from Jewish, Muslim students

  20-12-2024 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOCELYN GECKER
  The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza.
  The department’s Office for Civil Rights said it investigated nine complaints against University of California schools in Los Angeles (UCLA), Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis and Santa Cruz. The complaints alleged the schools f
  
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• Orange County SC signs San Clemente native Tristan Trager

  20-12-2024 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Tristan Trager said he had a goal of making it back home to Orange County.
  Tuesday, it became a reality, as Trager, 25, signed with Orange County Soccer Club ahead of the 2025 USL Championship season.
  “When I was in high school (San Clemente HS), I remember coming to Orange County games and I thought it would be cool to come home if I played pro,” Trager said. “And as I started, the dream started to become more real.”
  The move home also allows Trager to be close to his wi
  
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• Angel City FC trades Rocky Rodriguez; Katie Johnson retires

  20-12-2024 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel City Football Club’s roster makeover continued Friday with the team trading Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez to Kansas City and forward Katie Johnson announcing her retirement.
  Rodriguez, who arrived before last season in a trade with the Portland Thorns, will join the KC Current, with Angel City receiving $100,000 in intra-league transfer funds.
  “After speaking with Rocky, it was decided that this trade was a desired outcome,” ACFC Technical Director Mark Wilson said
  
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• Kings look to finish their 7-game odyssey strong

  20-12-2024 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings can see the finish line and feel the fresh linens on their own beds as their second seven-game road trip of the season will come to a close with a back-to-back set against the NHL’s worst team by points percentage and, then, its best.
  Their weekend will consist of a pair of matinees about 28 hours apart. First, they’ll visit the vastly disappointing Nashville Predators on Saturday before traveling to Washington to face former Kings Pierre-Luc Dubois and Matt Roy, who are no
  
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• UCLA LB Carson Schwesinger declares for the NFL draft

  20-12-2024 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  After a season no one saw coming, UCLA linebacker Carson Schwesinger is taking the next step toward what could be a bright future.
  The redshirt junior announced Thursday evening he would forgo his final season of eligibility and declare for the NFL draft.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Carson Schwesinger (@cjschwesinger)The former walk-on, who starred at Santa Clarita Christian and Oaks Christian high schools, had said before the Bruins’ final game against Fresno State that he
  
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